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The Green Homes Challenge guides, rewards, and recognizes households for saving energy, adopting environmentally-friendly lifestyle practices, and using renewable energy. Come join the over 2,500 households that are helping their environment! Sign in at FrederickGreenChallenge.org to get started! You can track your actions and certification progress online, and also see estimates of the impact of your actions.
Three corresponding challenges make up the overall Green Homes Challenge:
Engage in the Power Saver Challenge to reduce your household's utility bills and improve the comfort of your home. Some Power Saver households are using 40% less energy than they used to, and utility bill savings can mount up to thousands of dollars over just a few years.
Engage in the Green Leader Challenge to conserve valuable resources, reduce your environmental impact, and create a healthy home.
The Renewable Star Challenge is all about using clean renewable energy such as wind, solar, geothermal, or sustainable biomass. The Renewable Star Challenge can help any household use renewable energy for power, heating, cooling, or generating hot water.
If you are a Frederick County property owner (and do not live within a municipality like the City of Frederick), you can apply for a 30% or 60% reduction on your stormwater fee by taking actions within the Green Homes Challenge. The reduction is based on your total points. Actions include installing a rain barrel, planting a tree, having your septic system pumped out and more!
The Green Homes Challenge initiative was funded in part by the U.S. Department of Energy through an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant award, and an EPA Climate Showcase Communities grant. Several special initiatives of the Green Homes Challenge have been or continue to be funded through the Maryland Energy Administration and the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development's Be SMART Program.